Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

I can raise that with the Minister for Finance. It is hoped that as a result of what has been stated here other banks will take the lead from Ulster Bank.

I commend Bus Éireann on the way it responded by putting on extra buses. I am sure there is business for other companies if they want to look in that direction. We have been in contact with ferry operators and they also participated in the task force. The capacity is still there. An extra 500 people were brought back on the Swansea to Cork ferry last night which indicates the ferries are responding very well. It will be important to learn the lessons from this and the importance of having Irish ferries operating is underlined by an incident such as this.

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